Show leaf worth preserving carious facts from Bi history story the saxons first introduced archery in 1 ie lie time if f holtig gm ui it was dropped immediately after the conquest n quest but re revived vivel by bv the cruci ders irey iney trey ea b having abing felt fell the effect of it from tile the Parti liatis bows und arrows as its weapons oi of war var vur were in ki use with stone can cannon 1 oil bill ball a as late as 1649 1640 it is singular that thit all ail the statutes for the encouragement bof of a archery were framed flen fler the tho invention of gunpowder and a rl firearms fire arms armi vew yew freoa were encouraged in churchyards for tor the tile making of 0 bows in 1742 hente their thor ty in churchyards ardi iii lii ill eng eug england ind at atthe the art so it time coats coata of or arms camp cams into V azue intas ren reign of R clardl claral clar ciar dL of all ali aad d bs baa aza aia in famili fa miliea eg in fit the year 1192 they ook took their nise rise from the thi knights lits tits pointing their banner different figures to d distinguish I 1 ish them iu a tili tiie crusades the first standing army of modern time was established by charles VII of france in 1455 previous to that time the king had depended on his nobles for contingents in time of war A st standing andini army was fit faist st established in england in 1638 by charles 1 I but it was decided illegal as well weh as the organization of the royal guards in 1379 the first permanent military band instituted in england was the yeomen of tho guards established in 1486 guns were invented by swartz a german about the year 1378 and were brought into use by the venetians in 1382 cannon were were invented at an all antei antel antenor lor date they were ivere first used at the tattle battle of cress cressy y in 1345 in england they were first used at the siege of berwick in 1405 it was not until 1544 however lio iio wever that they were cast in it england they were used on board of ships by the Venel venetians lans laus in 1535 and were in nse use adiong among the turks about the same time an artillery tiller company was dinstitt instituted itta in england for weekly exercise in the year 1610 insurance oil on ships was first practised practiced in the reign of caesar in the year 45 it was a general custom in eurove in 1194 insurance offices were first established in london in 1667 astronomy was first studied by the moors and ana by them introduced into into europe in 1201 the tho iho rapid growth of modern astronomy dates from the time of copernicus books of astronomy arid and geometry were destroyed as infected with m magle magic i c iti in england under tile tiie reign of edward 1 IV i in n the he year 1552 IM banks were filst nilst established by lombard jews in italy til tile name is derived front frona banco banca bench benches being erected in the markot place for the exchange af of money etc the first public bank was at venice in 1550 the tiit bank of f en england land was established in 1693 in 1609 its notes were at 20 per cent discount the invention of bells is attributed to bishop of nola campania about the year they were first introduced into church churches ts as a defence against thunder and lightning they were first put up in croyland cronland Croy land abbey lincoln shire ill in in the eleventh century and later it was the custom to baptize them in the churches churchea before they were used the curfew bell was established in ar it was wag rung at eight in the tha evenin evening 1 when people were dobli obliged 11 ad to out put out their fires and candles the custom wis was abolished in 1100 bellmen were appointed ill in 1556 lo 10 0 o ring the bells and cry out take care of your fire and cardle candle be charitable to the poon poor or and pray for dead how many are aware of th the a word wora wordbook abool boo u used s ad to frighten children with it is a corruption of the wod boh bob the thelama name of a fierce gothic general era the son of oiin odin the mention of whose name spread a panic among his ener enemies nies I 1 bookkeeping book keeping was first introduced into england from italy by peele peale in 1556 it was deri derl derived V from rom a system of algecira alo AIg a ecra published at venice by v bargo burgo notaries Not wt aries arles j public were first appointed by th tho fathers of the christian church to collect the acts and arid memoir memoirs sv 0 martyrs in the tho first sanctuary tile tiie adminis administration administrate trat ion lon of the oath in civil cases is of high antiquity see E exodus kodus yodus iiii yeli 10 swearing on the gospel was first used in the oath was first administered in judicial proceedings ce in england by the saxons in the wolds so help me god and all saints I 1 concluded an oath till the year 1550 signals to be used at sea were first contrived by james 11 II when duko duke of york in 1665 they were improved upon b by the french commander tourville and by admiral balchen Bal bai clien cilen raw silk is seid to have been first made by bya a people of china called B G L it was we first brought from india ill in and alij a pound of 0 it at that time wa wai worth a pound of gold the tl manufacture of raw silk was introduced into europe europa from india indu by some monks in silk dres dresses es were first worn in 1455 tile the eggs of thu silkworm sik worm were first brought to europe europa in |